About Tim Olsen Gallery
The Tim Olsen Gallery opened in 1993 and has rapidly expanded to become one of Sydney's leading contemporary art galleries. Tim has cultivated a stable of artists that he feels presents a comprehensive and poignant view of the contemporary arts in Australia. With a continually changing exhibition calendar we present the work of both emerging and established artists. We have nurtured the careers of artists from their first exhibition out of art school and proudly see them now as leading lights in the Australian art scene. In conjunction with the local art schools Tim Olsen also awards annual prizes to students with outstanding potential.
By 1999 Tim Olsen had opened his own Gallery in Paddington Street. He opened the Annex Gallery in Windsor Street in Autumn 2002 and Queen Street Gallery in 2006. In June 2007 Olsen consolidated his Paddington Street and Queen Street Galleries into one major exhibition space at 63 Jersey Road, Woollahra, in to one of Australia's leading art institutions. The annex was transformed into the Tim Olsen Works on Paper Gallery, in tribute to his passion for works on paper. Tim's philosophy is to support artists that embrace the traditional practice of drawing and painting as a timeless and pertinent medium today. Consequently many serious collectors and institutions are still acquiring these artists work as part of their otherwise conceptual contemporary collections.
Foremost in the gallery's stable is John Olsen, now regarded as Australia's most esteemed living artist. In addition to the staging of countless critically acclaimed exhibitions the gallery has hosted the launch of many books devoted to his unique and ingenious art making. Tim has also negotiated the sale of some of the most significant paintings in Olsen's oeuvre to both private and institutional collections. Both John and Tim's enthusiasm for works on paper has also inspired the evolution of the Tim Olsen Gallery Annex to a specifics works on paper space in 2007.
Representing over 40 artists, Olsen has established himself as a leader in Contemporary Art, with a client base extending throughout Australia and the world With a definite focus on the work of Australian artists, we do also represent overseas-based artists and have initiated exhibitions overseas, thus promoting a dialogue between Australia art and our international contemporaries. The Tim Olsen Gallery draws on these partnerships for the collection development of our private and institutional collectors.
By 1999 Tim Olsen had opened his own Gallery in Paddington Street. He opened the Annex Gallery in Windsor Street in Autumn 2002 and Queen Street Gallery in 2006. In June 2007 Olsen consolidated his Paddington Street and Queen Street Galleries into one major exhibition space at 63 Jersey Road, Woollahra, in to one of Australia's leading art institutions. The annex was transformed into the Tim Olsen Works on Paper Gallery, in tribute to his passion for works on paper. Tim's philosophy is to support artists that embrace the traditional practice of drawing and painting as a timeless and pertinent medium today. Consequently many serious collectors and institutions are still acquiring these artists work as part of their otherwise conceptual contemporary collections.
Foremost in the gallery's stable is John Olsen, now regarded as Australia's most esteemed living artist. In addition to the staging of countless critically acclaimed exhibitions the gallery has hosted the launch of many books devoted to his unique and ingenious art making. Tim has also negotiated the sale of some of the most significant paintings in Olsen's oeuvre to both private and institutional collections. Both John and Tim's enthusiasm for works on paper has also inspired the evolution of the Tim Olsen Gallery Annex to a specifics works on paper space in 2007.
Representing over 40 artists, Olsen has established himself as a leader in Contemporary Art, with a client base extending throughout Australia and the world With a definite focus on the work of Australian artists, we do also represent overseas-based artists and have initiated exhibitions overseas, thus promoting a dialogue between Australia art and our international contemporaries. The Tim Olsen Gallery draws on these partnerships for the collection development of our private and institutional collectors.
